Fueled by Clouds & Coffee

 5/16/24 Mighty-O Donuts, Green Lake neighborhood (bonus points to Mighty-O for the bright orange sticker that looks fantastic in my blue Uglybook!)For years, Zoka Coffee was my favorite cof...

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 5/13 - 14/24 Quantum installation outside and inside our house.Love the way the orange Uglybook looks against the sky!Unhappy with Comcast/Xfinity for a long time, I was thrilled to pieces ...

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5/7/24 ImaginationAlthough I’m not making them daily as I was during my 30-day self-challenge, I’m pleased to say that I am still making diary comics almost daily, which is good enough for me...

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 5/13/24 Aurora Borealis over Seattle (reference photos by Jeff Chin)The conditions on Saturday night apparently weren’t ideal; most people in my area were not able to see the Aurora Borea...

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 5/11/24 Maple Leaf Park, about 10:15 p.m.After seeing amazing photos from friends and neighbors on Facebook last Friday, I was encouraged to stay up late enough to try to see the Aurora Bor...

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 5/10/24 Macrina Bakery, Maple Leaf neighborhoodSeveral years ago when I had promoted an Urban Sketchers outing to Maple Leaf Park, I oversold it a bit: “The biggest and best highlight is ...

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 5/8/24 Thornton Place, NorthgateAfter an appointment in Northgate, I remembered that it had been ages since I last sketched at Thornton Place. Although it has lots of nice umbrella’d tabl...

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 5/7/24 Third Place Commons, Lake Forest ParkThird Place Commons is an ideal spot when Roy and I want to talk about and make comics. It’s a huge space, so we can choose close-up, middle-gr...

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 5/9/24 UW QuadThe day before USk Seattle’s outing to the University of Washington Biology Greenhouse, student protests of the university’s involvement with support to Israel started hea...

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 5/5/24 Maple Leaf neighborhoodChilly and wet on a recent drizzly walk, I wasn’t excited about getting even colder by pausing to sketch. However, a pink dogwood I had admired on previous w...

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 5/5/24 Caffe Ladro, lower Queen AnneLively landscape by Eleanor DoughtyWhen we heard that Eleanor Doughty currently has a show at Caffe Ladro in lower Queen Anne, Ching and I decided to che...

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5/4/24 1-minute posesOn the first Saturday of the month, Gage Academy offers a three-hour life-drawing session of one-minute, two-minute and five-minute poses. It’s like a double shot of espres...

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 5/2/24 Northgate and RavennaMy recent post about trying to include urban sketching as comics started getting too long, and I still had a backup of walk comics, so I saved a few for this pos...

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5/4/24 Cinco de Mayo celebration at El Centro de la Raza, Beacon Hill neighborhood As I drove to the Cinco de Mayo celebration at El Centro de la Raza, the rain was just starting, and I thou...

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 4/21/24 Maple Leaf and NorthgateA couple of months ago when I first viewed Drewscape’s video about how he makes urban sketches as if they are comics, it blew my brain wide open. A short t...

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 4/22/24 I paused Fran's recorded Facebook yoga class to draw these poses.As reported mid-month, I gave myself a challenge to draw a diary comic daily for the 30 days of April. Although I co...

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 5/1/24 Seattle Chinese GardenWhen I looked at my blog to see when I had last sketched at Seattle Chinese Garden, I was surprised to find that it was six years ago. I think USk Seattle has m...

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4/26/24 Caffe Ladro, Roosevelt neighborhoodAfter sketching at Caffe Ladro last week, I looked back at the sketches I had made the last time I was there. The subject matter I chose was mostly the ...

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 4/25/24 H Mart food court, LynnwoodRoy and I are both on fire with diary comics. This time we met at the H Mart food court in Lynnwood for lunch, comic talk and real-time comic-making. My g...

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 4/23/24 Downtown Mill CreekAfter a meeting with Gabi Campanario in Mill Creek, I had an opportunity to explore this small suburb about 20 miles north of Seattle. Starting at the Saw Mill Ca...

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 4/27/24 South Lake UnionSpheres selfieAlthough the wind and drizzle made Saturday morning feel colder than 51 degrees, USk Seattle made a good turnout at South Lake Union. With rain in the ...

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4/21/24 Crown Hill Metro MarketWhen Ching and I got together last week, it turned into an opportunity for both a real-time diary comic (Drewscape’s term for sketching on location with a comic a...

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 Flair Dual Felt Tip Pens (I unceremoniously tossed the blister packaging, so the product is presented in the raw.)The Paper Mate Flair and I go way back – all the way to the late ‘60s (...

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 4/20/24 diary comic from memoryFor the second half of my 30-day self-challenge to make daily diary comics, I have been focusing on developing narrative – whether the content is drawn on l...

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 4/16/24 Mostly sketches made on location during my walk to Northgate, this page spread also includes an imaginary bit at upper left and the purpose of my trip to the optician. I use the Fit...

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